If only Coventry City were as good as Skype
written by Stuart on October 15th, 2005
Since moving to Liverpool, thankfully, some might say, It has been increasingly difficult to see as many Coventry city games as I would like. Ok, no problem, the BBC has all the local radio stations online. Wrong, come match day the BBC cuts off local radio. The Reason? It doesn't have the rights to broadcast the match coverage outside of the local area. The rights instead are gobbled up by the media group who run almost all of the professional club websites in the UK. You pay a fiver a month via the clubs official website, and you get the 'premium content' (which means poor quality streaming internet radio and some equally poor video footage).
Thats just not going to work for me. I have a season ticket, so really, I've already paid for my own personal rights to watch the game, if I can't get down to Coventry to see the match, then I should have a decent alternative.
There wasn't one for a while, but a few times last season, and again today, I used Skype. My Mum back home in Coventry set-up the radio (which has live match coverage), called me on Skype, and went off to do the shopping, leaving me listening to local radio via VOIP, for free. Genius.
Unfortunately, after seventy minutes, with my team 3-1 down, I lost all interest and hung up on the call. But hey, if you support a slightly less pathetic excuse for a football team, beat the man with Skype, a helpful friend or relative back home with the game on the radio, and some patience.
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Hi Stuart, I am also a city fan and live in Plymouth. I have never heard of Skype. How do I get it ? Cheers
John
Hi John, just go to http://www.skype.com and download it.